diff --git a/scripts/Makefile.lib b/scripts/Makefile.lib
index 0a07f9014944ed92a8e2e42983ae43be60b3e471..7234e61e7ce370a775ec6981b391b6d102a01770 100644
--- a/scripts/Makefile.lib
+++ b/scripts/Makefile.lib
@@ -155,7 +155,7 @@ else
 # $(call addtree,-I$(obj)) locates .h files in srctree, from generated .c files
 #   and locates generated .h files
 # FIXME: Replace both with specific CFLAGS* statements in the makefiles
-__c_flags	= $(if $(obj),-I$(srctree)/$(src) -I$(obj)) \
+__c_flags	= $(if $(obj),$(call addtree,-I$(src)) -I$(obj)) \
 		  $(call flags,_c_flags)
 __a_flags	= $(call flags,_a_flags)
 __cpp_flags     = $(call flags,_cpp_flags)